Railfreight operator Lokomotion has ordered 8 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens. The locomotives will be configurated for operations in Germany, Austria and Italy, will have ETCS on board and have a maximum speed of 200 km/h. Delivery is scheduled for the Spring of 2017. With this order, Siemens has reached the mark of 20 customers and 300 sold Vectron locomotives.

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2017-09-17

[DE] In the picture: Lokomotion 193 773 ‘Brennereisenbahn’

update 2017|09|17

[DE] In the picture: Lokomotion 193 773 ‘Brennereisenbahn’

Lokomotion 193 773 on 15.09.2017 at Kufstein - Photo: Thomas Naas

It is one of the eye-catchers of this moment; Lokomotion locomotive 193 773 and its new ‘Brennereisenbahn’ livery. Four more beautiful portraits are on Railcolornews.com thanks to Franz Fanger and Christian Bauer.

Blue zebras, red ones, ivory coloured paint. Lokomotion Vectron locomotives were delivered with several different designs. But one machine stood out because it looked, well, naked, unfinished. Unit 193 773 did not get any striping and was commissioned in a black and while livery. Something was missing, and now we know what:

Locomotion 193 773 on 08.09.2017 at Kufstein - Photo: Andreas Kepp

Andreas Kepplinger caught the 773 last Friday with his camera in a total new design. One cab in red, one in blue and its side now have stickers celebrating the 150th birthday of the ‘Brennereisenbahn’ (or ‘Brenner railway’ connecting Innsbruck (AT) to Verona (IT)). Do you like it? Larger picture here.

We were already wondering. What is Lokomotion locomotive no. 193 770 doing in Hungary? How is that even possible as the machine is configurated for Germany, Austria and Italy. Well the trick is ETCS L1. It ran between Budaörs and Hegyeshalom, where this European signalling system is installed. Photo: Norbert Tilai / Mihály Varga

During the past days, both Lokomotion 193 770 and 771 were caught on camera looking slightly different than before. 193 770 no longer has the one blue stripe, a weird experiment. Its Lokomotion front logo is still off-center. 193 771 got a front number and logo, booh nicely in the middle, although the numbers are a little too big in our opinion. Photos: Ronny Bruns

On 24.04.2017, Siemens officially handed over the fourth Vectron locomotive to Lokomotion: the designated 193 773. Like the previously delivered 193 770-772, the machine has no Lokomotion logos/numbers (yet). But this machine also has no striping! Photos: Michael Raucheisen / Frank Weimer

Udate: We have a new image made by Andreas Kepplinger from Kufstein. Its shows Lokomotion 193 772 in the night. New is her name: Viola.

A first shot of a Vectron in Lokomotion livery, the future 193 772. Photo: Michael Raucheisen

Background: Rail freight operator Lokomotion ordered 8 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens in February 2016. The locomotives will be equipped for operations in Germany, Austria and Italy, will have ETCS on board and have a maximum speed of 200 km/h. Lokomotion wants to use the number 193 770-777 for its new machines, so the ‘triple 7’ is within the range. Lokomotion already has a (186) 444 and (185) 666.

Because Lokomotion is celebrating its 15th birthday, we offer now the special Lokomotion jubilee book! 160 pages with around 160 top quality images. It is available now:

Rail freight operator Lokomotion has ordered 8 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens. The locomotives will be configurated for operations in Germany, Austria and Italy, will have ETCS on board and have a maximum speed of 200 km/h. Delivery is scheduled for the Spring of 2017. With this order, Siemens has reached the mark of 20 customers and 300 sold Vectron locomotives.

[updated] Lokomotion's Vectron locomotives will be approved for Italy. This required some modifications to our design impression. Four pantographs, red stripes up front, an SCMT sticker. Check: